Demountable wheel-rim.



c. BRANIFF.

OEMOUNTABLE WHEEL RIM` APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5.1915.

Patentedept. 26, 19H5.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

C. BRANFF.

DEMOUNTABLE WHEEL RIM.

APPLlcAloN FILED ocn. 1.915.

Patented sept. 26,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

, Unifritn sr Ani'r Ormea.

CHARLES BBANIFF, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

DEMOUNTABLE WHEEL-RIM.V

Specication offLetters Patent.

Application filed October 5, 1915. Serial No. 54,200.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, CHARLES BRAN'IFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Demountable Wheel-Rims,

of which the following is a specification.

The.invention relates to a yvehicle wheel structure, and more particularly to the class ofdemountable wheel rims for vehicle, automobile-'or the like wheels. 1

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a wheel structure of this charbody of the wheel in a novel manner without requiring the use .of fasteners such as bolts and nuts ordinarily V employed for this purose.v;.'v..-` P Another object .of the invention is'the provision of a wheel structure of this character wherein a single lock key may .beused for locking o r unlocking the rim 'so that it can 'be fastened 011.01' removed from the ,wheel lWith despatch. l

",'fAffurther object ofthe invention is lthe provision of a. wheel structure of this char- 'f' acter'which is lsiinp'lein 'constructiom re-j liableand yetlicient' in operation, strong, du-

."cal skill inthe mounting and demountmg rable, eliminating the necessity of mechani-y of the rim, andalso which is inexpensive 1n manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention 'consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the ,accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In thedrawings: Flgure 1 is a side elev- Ationl of a Wheel constructed in accordance with-the invention; Fig. 2v is a perspective "View of the wheel body 'with the rim rei moved; 3 is a perspective view of the rim; Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the wheel; Fig. 5 1s a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through ,the wheel; Fig.`6 is a 'fragmentary side ele-l vation of a slight modification of the wheel;

andzFig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View thereof. l

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

'Referring to the drawings in de tail, the wheel structure comprises a hub 1Q 1n lwhich acter wherein therim carrying the`- tire isv 4 mounted for quick' detachment l.from the.

are mounted radial spokes 11, vwhiclrmay be made integral with the hub if desired, and support at their outer ends an annulus or ring 12 formed at diametrically opposite points with outwardly arched swells 13 havlng dove-tail shaped transversely disposed the keyhole 16 therefor opening through one side of the swell14, and these locks 15 .are adapted for detachably fastening a rim 17 upon the body ofthewheel.

The rim-17 carriesa pneumatic tire' 18 ofl Patented sept, 21e, 1916.v

. ribs 14, in each of which is fittedl alock 15,

the ordinary well known construction, which is detachably mounted thereon in the usual manner, and at the inner periphery of the said rim are 4formed webs 19 providing there 'between recesses 20 correspondingly shaped tothe swells 13 and ribs 14 upon the annulus body of the wheel, as shown.

o r lring 12 for receiving the same so that the rim 17 can be detachably mounted upon the 1 The recesses 2O for-the swells 13 and ribs i 14`on the annulus or ring 12 open through opposite sides for the convenient removal of the rim from the .body of the Wheel at either side thereof, and formed in the inner perlphery of the rim 17 at the points of the Yrecesses A20 are sockets orA mortises 21 for receiving the bolts 22 of the locks 15 to secure-the rim 17 upon Athe body of the wheel and thereby firmly fasten the same together. Each lock 15 is adapted to be controlled by a suitable key' which may either be separable therefrom or permanently attached thereto, and if, separable can be conveniently s carried in the pocket of the user of the wheel structure.

InlFigs. 6 and 7 there is shown. a slight- Fitted in the annulus or rlng and -worlring through each swell 25 in a suitable bore formed therein is a lockingbolt 27 which also..works through a suitable housing 28 ,mounted on theinner periphery of the an- "nulus or ring andcontaining a coiled eX- los punsion spring' 29, which not@ upon the bolt 27 to normally force the same int@ a keepers notfh 30 formed in the rim 2li at the inner periphery hereof, 2.1 elbi; 27 being formed ai; its Guter and with a .knob 3l so tha it can. be manualy grppd and pulled upon im releasing' the'smm ts the ivm upon the annuufs er ring for the "removal of the Said rim therefrom.

f'aving thus' describe-. claim:

En a Whed structure? a whee body having a felly provided at imtexfvals with outwardly 'zuched 'sw-11s havmg dove tml'shaped 'imag versey disposed ribs, a key operated lock 'ef wibhhl each Swell :md Working through ''he rbss, each lock being formed withy a E033* Qpe'ning accessiba to on@ side the SWQU, :mda detachable l'm concemblcally of thai, fely and having ecesses in iis unex? peiphary in oorespoudence with @he SWQHS @m h@ ribs hereqn for ec'vng the Same and engage by @hq lock; X111 feszmony whereof ax my signature im. pysence of mvo Witnesses.

CHARLES BEAMER Wi messes:

E. h. MESCH, Emma MESCH., 

